Wednesday 30 April 2008

Austrian dungeon dad in court

Apr. 29 - A 73 year old Austrian man appears before a judge in St Poelten after confessing to imprisoning his daughter for 24 years.

Austrian police sought answers on Tuesday (April 29) on how a father managed to imprison his daughter in a windowless cellar for 24 years and have seven children by her without authorities and neighbours knowing. 73 year old Josef Fritzl was brought before a judge at the regional court in St Poelten in order to have his custody extended. Staff at the jail where he was being held described him as calm and seemingly with little remorse. DNA tests have shown he was the father of Elizabeth's six surviving children.

Penny Tweedie reports.

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